The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical based on the novel by Emmuska Orczy ( the German translation as The Scarlet Pimpernel published ). The music is by Frank Wildhorn ( Jekyll & Hyde ), lyrics by Nan Knighton. The premiere took place on 9 November 1997 at the Minskoff Theatre in New York. Since 2008, the musical will also be performed by the Takarazuka Revue, with a similar huge success as the Takarazuka interpretation of the Viennese musical Elisabeth.

Action

The musical takes place in 1792 during the French Revolution. Despite all the political turmoil of the English noblemen Percy Blakeney has fallen in love Paris in the French dancer Marguerite St. Just and marries her after only a few weeks acquaintance. What he does not know: it was set by the jealous Paris police chief Chauvelin under pressure to reveal the hiding place of the French nobleman Marquis de St. Cyr. A short time later, this is beheaded with all his family.

Percy learns of Marguerites a supposed betrayal and loses his confidence in them. He decides to fight secretly against the cruelty of the revolutionary government. Together with his friends, he saves as a masked Scarlet Pimpernel numerous people from the guillotine, while he gives the aristocratic snob in England to deflect any suspicion from himself. Police Chief Chauvelin increases with increasing severity and escalation of hate in the search in until the Counterparty to stand in the shadow of the guillotine for decisive duel.

Song successes

  • Prologue
  • Storybook
  • The girl from earlier
  • Madame guillotine
  • I trust in you
  • Prayer
  • Straight to the fire
  • Falcon on the hunt
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • I look at you
  • I look at you (Reprise)
  • You give me maintenance ( garden Reprise)
  • The man's creation
  • The confusion
  • You are looking for here, look there
  • She was always there
  • Storybook (Reprise)
  • Straight to the Fire ( Reprise)
  • The girl from earlier ( Reprise)
  • You are my support
  • He was always there
  • Finale - When I look at you
  • Bows

Venues

At the premiere on 9 November 1997 at the Minskoff Theatre in New York Peter Hunt directed.

The German -language premiere was held at the Halle Opera House on 14 February 2003. The German texts by Wolfgang Adenberg, directed by Robert Herzl, Koen Schoots was the musical director.

Premiere Cast in Hall:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney - Darius Merstein - MacLeod - 2003 to 2006 and from 2003 to 2008: Christoph Goetten
  • Marguerite St. Just - Ann Christin Elverum - season 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 - Maricel
  • Chauvelin - Chris Murray
  • Armand St. Just - Zoltán Tombor

The world's first open-air production of The Scarlet Pimernel took place in the summer of 2003 on the Clingenburg in Klingenberg am Main. Directed by Artistic Director Udo Schürmer, the conductor was Jürgen Voigt, sound engineer was Pit Lenz.

  • Sir Percy Blakeney - Wolfgang DeMarco
  • Marguerite St. Just - Anna Carolin stone
  • Chauvelin - Marc Pagan
  • Armand St. Just - Serdar Ilbuğa
  • Ozzy - Martin Birnbaum
  • Dewhurst - Ramin Dustar
  • Elton - Titus Hoffmann
  • Farleigh - Moritz Manuel Michel
  • Ben - Espen Nowacki

The Austrian premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel - The Scarlet Pimpernel was seen on the rocks Staatz in Lower Austria in an open-air performance in the summer of 2007. Director: Werner Auer, Music Director: Gregor summer, choreographer Eva Klug.

  • Sir Percy Blakeney - Markus Neugebauer
  • Marguerite St. Just - Elizabeth Sikora
  • Chauvelin - Werner Auer

June 26, 2008 to August 17, 2008

Occupation

  • Percy Blakeney - Espen Nowacki
  • Marguerite St. Just - Anna Thorén
  • Chauvelin - Hans Neblung
  • Armand St. Just - Andre Sultan Sade

Premiere on 18 October 2008 at the Stadttheater Baden / Vienna.

Premiere cast:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney - Darius Merstein - MacLeod
  • Marguerite St. Just - Maricel
  • Chauvelin - Chris Murray
  • Armand St. Just - Zoltán Tombor

Premiere on 20 November 2009 at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven

Director: Thorsten Krafft, musical director: Peter Stolle

Instrumentation:

  • Sir Percy Blakeney - Hans Neblung
  • Marguerite St. Just - Maike Switzer
  • Chauvelin - Ralph Ertel
  • Armand St. Just - Oliver Nöldner

Premiere on March 6, 2010 at the Stadttheater Bielefeld.

Conductor - William Ward Murta, staging - Roland Hüve, choreography - Jochen Schmidtke, sets and costumes - Christof Cremer, Chorus - Hagen sink drama - Jón Philip Linden, Musical Assistance - Ingo Stadtmüller, Musical arrangement - Alexis Agrafiotis, Christian Van the mountain - Bremer, Ingo Müller city, Witolf Werner, facilities assistant - Mariya Yordanova - Schepke, Assistant Director - Alexander Reschke,

Instrumentation:

Sir Percy Blakeney - Veit Shepherd Meier; Marguerite St. Just - Karin Seyfried; Chauvelin - Alexander Franzen; Armand St. Just / Robespierre - Dirk Mestmacher; Marie Tussaud - Sarah Kuffner; Tussaud / Guard - Ramon Riemarzik; Coupeau / Jessup / Prince of Wales - Ulrich Neuweiler; Mercier - Andreas Luch; Dewhurst - Lutz Laible; Ozzy - Alexander Janacek; Elton - Christian Tobias Müller; Farleigh - Carlos Horacio Rivas; Hal - Krzysztof Gornowicz; Ben - Sebastian Teichner; Marquis de St. Cyr - Vladimir Lortkipanidze; Maid - M.Ataalla / D.Dobrolinska, E.Quilichini / N.-K. Schmidt, L.Schütz / M.Tratzyk; Cupid - Members of the Performing Arts Studio, Bielefeld;

Choir - Bielefeld Opera Chorus; Ensemble - Bielefeld Philharmonic.

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